haak

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦaːk/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: haak
  • Rhymes: -aːk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hāke, from Old Dutch *hako, from Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic *hakô.

Noun

haak m (plural haken, diminutive haakje n)

  1. hook
  2. (usually in the plural, diminutive) bracket (for enclosing text or mathematical symbols)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: haak
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: haki
  • Negerhollands: huk
  • Indonesian: hak
  • Papiamentu: hak, haak
  • Sranan Tongo: aka
    • Caribbean Javanese: akah

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

haak

  1. first-person singular present indicative of haken
  2. imperative of haken

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Germanic language. Compare Finnish haka.

Noun

haak (genitive haagi, partitive haaki)

  1. hook

Declension

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